Talking Split – Gerard Hillier and Mental Health Solutions We speak to Casey Hub Lead Coach, Gerard Hillier, about his time in the Australian Defence Force, managing PTSD, relating his time in the Army to his coaching, and some strategies for coaches to help cope in what is an odd time without basketball for most…
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BOARD NAMED FOR FIBA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WORLD CUP 2020 David Reid is a Principal Lawyer with firm DWF based in Newcastle, NSW, and is the current Deputy Chair of Basketball Australia as well as an elected member of the FIBA World Central Board. Reid will lead the LOC Board, overseeing the delivery of the world’s…
PlayHQ System Maintenance and Platform Downtime – Sunday August 9 PlayHQ will be performing this platform upgrade in an off-peak time Sunday morning to ensure a smooth transition and minimise the impact to any administrators or participants. During this maintenance window, the PlayHQ platform (participant portal, administrator portal and electronic scoring applications) will be inaccessible and email…
Basketball Australia Statement on Athlete Health amidst Victoria’s COVID-19 outbreak Following the positive COVID test results of athletes who train at the same facility, BA has requested that all of its players who have trained at MSAC immediately isolate and undergo a COVID test as a precautionary measure. This decision was made under the guidance…
VALE – Col Darrington Col was an intricate part of Victorian Country Basketball and performed many roles across a variety of programs including; Head Coach of the Basketball Victoria Country Regional Academy, Head Network Coach within the ITC/NITP Elite Athlete Development Programs, Victorian State Coach as well as Coach of Victorian Country Teams at the…
Basketball Australia Statement on Wheelchair Basketball Athlete Eligibility Rulings Australian Gliders athletes, Annabelle Lindsay and Teisha Shadwell, have both been ruled ineligible following the phase one eligibility process through the IWBF and IPC, dismantling both athletes dream of competing at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics and in future International Wheelchair Basketball competitions. Lindsay and Shadwell have…
Basketball Australia Statement on the 2020 Wheelchair Basketball League Seasons While significant efforts have been made to reschedule these events, the fluid and unpredictable nature of the current situation surrounding COVID-19 has made it impossible for Basketball Australia to make a firm commitment to dates. The National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL) is Australia’s national championship…
Talking Split – The People’s Podcast! It’s great to have so many people contributing to the podcast with what they’re doing in this lockdown period in Victoria and we can’t thank the listeners enough for sending through their information for what has ended up being our 50th show! (we don’t count the NCAA shows!) We…
2021 Victorian State Team Coaching and Staff applications open Basketball Victoria will select junior high performance teams to attend the following 2021 Australian Junior Championships: Under- 20 and Ivor Burge 10-14 February Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ACT Under-18 Championships and Kevin Coombs Cup 10-17 April Eagle Stadium, Werribee, Victoria Under-16 Championships 4-11 July Warwick…
Design Your Jersey Competition Basketball Victoria are teaming up with AND1 and Spalding Australia for you to win a one of a kind customised jersey designed by you. The winning design will be printed on an AND1 jersey for you to keep as well as winning an AND1 voucher and a Spalding Colour Me Ball….